Investors ought to pay attention to the changing character of the U.S. stock market. Investors may want to prepare now and fine-tune their skills for a different kind of market. Please click here for the chart of money flows in 11 popular technology stocks.

In order to implement its plans to diversify into the original content media market, Apple (AAPL) Inc. has entered into a multiyear partnership with the award-winning, New York-based studio A24. The studio will produce several films for Apple, as it follows the lead of digital streaming giant Netflix (NFLX) and Amazon (AMZN) in producing original full-length motion pictures, which will compete with traditional Hollywood media companies such as Disney (DIS). Apple's foray into the online media content business is part of its strategic plan to expand its existing subscription service channels that it hopes will replace some of the lost revenue from declining iPhone sales.

Netflix’s stock has fallen far enough and long enough to produce its first “death cross” pattern in nearly three years, becoming the third member of the FAANG technology darlings to suffer that bearish technical fate.

From a business standpoint, owning Salesforce stock seems like a no-brainer. From a valuation standpoint, however, CRM stock gets a little more tricky. After all, CRM stock still trades at 49x next year’s earnings.

What if companies involved in cloud computing or gaming could replicate Netflix (NFLX)'s highly successful digital streaming media model and apply it to the video game market? Developers and media companies are looking to bring the popularity of the video gaming market -- like many other facets of computing -- and marry it to the ubiquity of the world wide web. Companies involved in bringing video gaming to the cloud would be able to take a slice of billion-dollar revenue pie that awaits them.

If the thought of investing in the stock market scares you, you are not alone. Individuals with very limited experience in stock investing are either terrified by horror stories of the average investor losing 50% of their portfolio value – for example, in the two bear markets that have already occurred in this millennium – or are beguiled by "hot tips" that bear the promise of huge rewards but seldom pay off. The reality is that investing in the stock market carries risk, but when approached in a disciplined manner, it is one of the most efficient ways to build up one's net worth.

Chip-maker Nvidia continued to slide Monday as the tech sector extended its decline from last week. The drop for Nvidia follows a 19 percent dip on Friday after it delivered its third-quarter 2019 earnings report.